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MIBA Executive Director Carrie Obry Steps Down
The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association announced that executive director Carry Obry has stepped down from her position, effective immediately. Operations manager Grace Hagen will serve as interim ED while the board searches for a permanent replacement.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: November 18, 2024
New books on the list this week include collector’s editions of three previously published YA novels, the first volume of a popular Korean romantasy webnovel, and more.
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SIBA, NAIBA Joint Trade Show Will Move to Atlanta in 2025
Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance executive director Linda-Marie Barrett announced at the organization's annual meeting that the New Voices New Rooms trade show, held in partnership with the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association, will head to Atlanta in 2025.
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Unionized Bookstore Workers Hold Pre-Holiday Rally at B&N Flagship
The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union organized a rally outside the Barnes & Noble flagship store in New York City’s Union Square on November 14 in an effort to push the company into resolving disagreement on wages and reaching a contract with workers by the end of the year.
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Black Garnet Books in St. Paul Finds a Buyer
Minnesota's first Black woman–owned indie bookstore has changed hands five months after owner Dionne Sims announced that she intended to sell. The new owner—a self-described artist, academic, and an activist—will identify herself at an open house event at the store next week.
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Hannah Schwartz, Longtime Children's Bookseller, Dies at 87
Schwartz, who founded Children's Book World in Haverford, Pa., in 1989, died on November 8. The store, celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, is one of the country's oldest children's bookstores.
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Book Club Picks for November 2024
A new novel by Nikki May, the latest thriller from Paula Hawkins, and an Indigenous environmental activist's memoir are among this month's selections from the nation's biggest book clubs.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: November 11, 2024
Books by Taylor Jenkins Reid and Travis Baldree return to our lists in new, deluxe editions, and Joseph Nguyen’s self-published hit ‘Don’t Believe Everything You Think’ gets an update and a traditional release. Plus ‘Throne of Secrets’ joins Kerri Maniscalco’s King of Sin series.
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ABA CEO Warns of New Challenges Post-Election
In a letter to members following the 2024 election, American Booksellers Association CEO Allison Hill voiced concerns about the future of the government's lawsuit against Amazon and the possibility of “new unconstitutional legislation and book bans” under a second Trump administration.
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B&N on Track to Open 60 Bookstores This Year
The book retailer plans to open 12 new stores in November as part of its goal of opening 60 outlets this year.
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A Few ‘Braiding Sweetgrass’ Fans Get Early Access to Its Author’s Next Book
For Robin Wall Kimmerer’s lecture in Norman, Okla., on November 1, the first day of Native American Heritage Month, Scribner arranged an exclusive shipment of her forthcoming book 'The Serviceberry,' which publishes on November 19.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: November 4, 2024
The three bestselling books in the country are all new releases: ‘Hot Mess,’ Jeff Kinney’s 19th Wimpy Kid installment; ‘The Striker,’ a sports romance series launch from Ana Huang; and ‘In Too Deep,’ which sees Lee Child handing over the Jack Reacher helm to Andrew Child, his brother.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: October 28, 2024
Ice Planet Barbarians author Ruby Dixon’s romantasy series launch, ‘Bull Moon Rising,’ debuts at #10 on our hardcover fiction list, John Grisham and Centurion Ministries founder Jim McCloskey team up to clear the ‘Framed,’ and more.
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Danny Caine Sells the Raven Book Store to Co-Owners
Caine, one of the country’s best-known independent booksellers and a prominent critic of Amazon, is selling his majority shares in the Lawrence, Kans., institution to a trio who are currently minority co-owners. The sale will take effect January 1.
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Trick-or-Treating with Children's Booksellers
PW checked in with a handful of booksellers around the country to find out which books have been flying off shelves in anticipation of Halloween.
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Postcard Bookshop Offers a Literary World Tour
In the Central Eastside Industrial District of Portland, Ore., Patrick Leonard has opened Postcard Bookshop, a store featuring global literature and culture, children’s titles, and sidelines including journals and games for people on the move.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: October 21, 2024
A pair of memoirs take the #1 & #2 spots in the country: ‘Melania’ by Melania Trump and ‘From Here to the Great Unknown’ by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough. Plus, Broma Bakey blogger Sarah Fennel shows off her ‘Sweet Tooth.’
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Monarch Books Launches GoFundMe Campaign to Pay Bills
Monarch Books & Gifts in Overland Park, Kans., launched a GoFundMe campaign after hackers drained the bookstore's bank account. The funds raised will be used to keep the store afloat after a summer of slow sales compounded the problems caused by the fraud.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: October 14, 2024
Ina “The Barefoot Contessa” Garten has the #1 book in the country with the memoir ‘Be Ready When the Luck Happens.’ Plus BookTok fave Lynn Painter returns with a new YA novel, and actor and comedian Kate McKinnon makes her middle grade debut.
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At MPIBA FallCon 2024, Booksellers Mingle, Meet Authors, and Talk Shop
The Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association wrapped up its annual FallCon on October 9 in Denver, reporting a strong showing of 234 booksellers plus an additional 24 librarians and others. Participants shared ideas, talked with publisher reps and vendors, and met dozens of authors.
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